would this not clash with the 6 nations yawnion?????

we get saints and wire get, salford (with no disrespect to salford,but come on)? It takes the plays straight into their wires hands, it'll be just after christmas/new year, when no one has any money or time off work left and it'll be freezing. Then there's the the rugby union and football season to think about with regards to the ground and people who enjoy both football and rugby staying at home if their team has a home fixture that weekend.

Bad idea and I'm with most scrap the idea altogether.

If this rumour is true at least it will finally end the slow death it's been enduring. Bad idea executed badly.

Friday, 04 February 2011
Wales v England, 19:45

Thats the only international game in feb at cardiff, the other being in march.

I went to Edinburgh for the first time this year - to be honest I only went because we were doing well in the league. I don't see the point of this fiasco. I won't be going again.

If Bilkos rumour turns out to be true (he is rarely wrong) I feel this could spell disaster for this fixture, cold Feb in Wales is not so appealling IMO.

never been to a magic weekend, I'm just not a fan of the concept and this latest daft idea has done nothing to change my mind. Dragging 25,000 from the heartlands to a 3/4 empty stadium for the benefit of a couple of hundred disinterested locals is a farce. Not to mention the unfairness of the "derby" system.

I'de agree with that. Something just for our country, make a good day of English Rugby League.

Should go around the grounds with this not to half empty stadiums

Travel disruption in Feb? Unlikely..............

This idea is a shining example of flogging a dead horse.

I dont really agree with the idea of playing in cardiff in the cold. But, i will be there regardless of where and when its played, ill be there supporting my team. Because isn't that what its about?. Going supporting your team wherever and whenever.

Well not really with this concept, no.

Don t like the idea of the magic weekend but thinking if the Rfl went back to derbies the obvious would be wigan saints and warrington would be left with salford, in my mind not fare but was just thinking if anyone had the relative distance betwen the grounds and perhaps we could push for a Warrington Saints game and we play salford. It would be interesting if this happend how many wire fans suddenly found the magic weekend being derby draws a good idea.

Scrap it, if it isn't in next seasons fixture list I doubt if anyone would notice or care !

If they make it a derbies weekend, then it ought to effectively be one of the regular 26 rounds, and scrap the 27th game. Evens up the fixtures so nobody gets a "free & easy" game, leaves an extra weekend for a meaningful warmup game for the internationals (whether that be roses game, SL v overseas or whatever). Everyone's a winner then (apart from us freezing our nuts off in Feb!)

Only problem with that is who's "home game" does it count as

Play the Magic Weekend but change the format to a sevens or nines competition, making available a extra trophy to win each season. Make it that teams have to have at least 2/3 players from their academy setup and that would promote the junior English Players onto a Sky audience.

Will Shakira be there?

I was freezing in Ediburgh so I put my pyjamas under my clothes on the second day. That was July! How cold is it going to be sitting through 4 matches in February.

They can't make it part of the regular fixtures because Wigan would miss out on a 20,000 gate and large receipts or Saints would miss out on a good gate at Anfield, possibly.

Scrap it, its a horrible, cringeworthy money making disaster. Half empty stadium for every game, no atmosphere and too expensive. Rubbish.

It is the 27th game. A game that's not needed nor wanted.
Scrap the whole idea! Back to derbies too, another failed idea that's being flogged to death.
Cardiff in February? Snow, fog, torrential rain, it will really be fun for those who go there.
After this it won't be too long before they cancel it!

As much as you all keep harping on about it being in feb, come the crunch youll still be there.

Ill be there if they played it on new yaers eve at 2330

That would mean one of the "derby" teams giving up a home game once every two years. Can't see any of the SL chairmen agreeing to losing one of their biggest gate receipts of the season